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E.GASTELL,Deod. M. M. & E. 0. CASTELL, Executors.

HOUSEHOLD ASH SIFTER.

No. 547,331. Patented 00t.1, 1895.

ANDREW B.GRANAM4PMOTOUYNO.WASHINGTDN.D.C

Nifrn i EDWARD OASTELL, OF WVASHINGTON,QDISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; M. MARGARET OASTELL AND EDVARD O. CASTELL EXECUTORS 0F SAID EDWARD OASTELL, DECEASED.

HOUSEHOLD ASH=SIFTE.R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 547,331, dated October 1, 1895.

Application filed January 18, 1 89 5.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDW'ARD CASTELL, of Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Household Ash-Sifters; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ash-sitters; and it is especially intended for that class of ash-sitters used in households, to be attached to a support to receive the ashes as they are taken from the stove or furnace.

The object of my invention is to provide an extremely simple and cheap ash-sitter formed of a simple angular trough having parallel inclined sides and bottom and top with an intermediate parallel sieve, both ends of the said box being open and cut, as hereinafter shown and described, whereby ready and convenient access is permitted to either the ash or sitter compartment of the sieve for emptying the ashes therein, so that the ashes can be readily emptied from a coal-bod into the sitter-compartment, and either compart- Inent readily accessible by means of a stick or other device to prevent them from clogging.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of my invention complete, showing it supported against the side of a fence. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the screen. Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on the dotted line 4 4, in Fig. 2.

A indicates a box or trough formed of par allel sides and top and bottom from ordinary cheap lumber. Tacked to the inner side of the sides of this box are the cleats or ribs (1 at a point below the center of the box, and between which the sieve or screen I) is placed and tightly held and prevented from being withdrawn therefrom by swagging or bending under the weight of the ashes placed thereon. This sieve b divides the trough A into an upper ash and cinder compartment 13 and a lower ash-compartment I. The upper end of the box is cut away, so that its upper end is shorter than the lower side, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, which will permit ready access to the ash-compartment B with an ordinary coal-bod, as shown in dotted lines. The lower portion 2' of the lower end of the trough or box is cut away on a line parallel with the upper cutaway portion a of the trough, which forms an opening at the lower end of the box below the sieve, and the sieve projects below the lower end of the trough or box A a suitable distance, as shown at f, whereby an ash-box D can be placed under the said sieve and abut againstits projecting end and hold it in position to receive all of the ashes from the ash-compartment I, as will readily be understood, and at the same time to permit the ready and convenient with drawal of the box sidewise for emptying purposes.

The object of having the sieve I) extend be low the lower end of the box, as illustrated, is to have the screen form a stop for the ash' box, so that it will always be in place and not project beyond the said sieve and by carelessness of the users thereby receive some of the cinders which pass above the sieve b. This special construction is also very convenient in that, the ash-box D being held in its proper position by the lower end of the sieve, ashes can be poured in the upper end of the cinder-compartment B, the lower end of said cinder-compartment being open, and a bed placed under the projecting endfof the sieve, so that the cinders in passing down over the sieve will be screened of all of the ashes, which will pass through the sieve b and fall into the bed, while the ashes will drop into the box D, as will be readily understood.

Where it is not desired to receive the cinders at the time they are sifted, I provide a slide d for the lower end of the cinder-compartment, which can be placed in position, as shown in Fig. 1, and the ashes emptied in the upper end of the cinder-compartment B, and on passing down the ashes fall through the sieve, and the cinders are received and held at the lower end of the cinder-compartment, so that after emptying the hod the same bed can then be placed under the projecting end fof the sieve and the slide removed to permit them to rollinto the 110d; or, if preferred, several beds of cinders may be contained within the box before-they are emptied. Attention is directed to the fact that this slide d is placed in a vertical position, so that it is at an incline or acute angle to the incline of the sieve and the trough, so that the weight of the cinders will not cause the slide to bind to any considerable extent in drawing it from the box, which would be very objectionable should the slide be placed in a position substantially at right angles to the trough or box.

To one side of the trough are attached the hangers G, preferably of wood, and are fastened at each end to a fence by means of screws or nails, or to any other object-that is to say, where the device is used in cellars for furnaces, &c., the devices can be nailed to the side of the wall and thus readily and conveniently placed in position for the user. By providing these hangers I do away with the expensive construction heretofore used of providing the trough with a box formed as a part thereof, my construction permitting the use of any ordinary box for that purpose.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced an extremely simple and yet very effective sifter which avoidsthe necessity of any sifting or shaking on the part of the user, it being only necessary to deposit the ashes in the upper end of the cinder-compartment, and as they roll or turnble down the sieve they are sifted, the ashes passing through the sieve and out of the lower end of the ash conipartinent I into the box' D placed for their reception.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sifter consisting of an open-ended box having its upper end and lower half of its lower end cut away at a reverse inclination, aslide for the upper half of the lower end, a longitudinal screen within said box projecting beyond the cutaway portions of the lower end of the box and forming a stop for the slide, and a projecting lip to direct the cinders beyond the ash receptacle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence two witnesses.

EDWARD OASTELL. Witnesses:

Gno. E. FREOH, JAMES W. BERANS. 

